Chinese Character 啪 Meanings and components.

Form

啪

Meaning

啪 meaning[3] in English

(Onom.) Bang.

Pop.

Pow.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 啪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and to pat (拍)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RQHA

How to write 啪

To write啪pa1(onom.) bang you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 拍pai1to pat arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 拍 = 啪

啪 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 啪 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 啪, looks as follow:

啪
Pinyin:pa1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Onom.) Bang . Pop . Pow
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
拍
Pinyin:pai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pat . To Clap . To Slap . To Swat . To Take (A Photo) . To Shoot (A Film) . Racket (Sports) . Beat (Music)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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